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Of course a bay area city state would vote to spend no money on the military industrial complex, and then an orange county city state would invade and conquer t
by waterlesscloud 16y ago
Of course a bay area city state would vote to spend no money on the military industrial complex, and then an orange county city state would invade and conquer them.
- zephjc 16y agoWe would shut off OC's GPS access and their fleet of armed SUVs would be useless - they'd never make it beyond LA
- SoftwareMaven 16y agoYou don't have to turn off their GPS for them to get stuck in LA's gridlock and miss the invasion time. They are their own worst enemy.
- thingie 16y agoWell, it seems that Singapore, as a model city state in that article, has much stronger military forces than many much larger and more populated countries.
- jorgeortiz85 16y agoI think waterlesscloud was alluding to the political preferences of Bay Area residents.
- natrius 16y agoSelf-defense is cheap. Iraqis and Afghans seem to find a way to do a pretty impressive job without throwing buckets of money at the problem. (There's probably some significant outside funding in each case, but still.)
- troels 16y agoIs military funded on a per-state basis in US? I would expect that to be a federal matter?